Day 228 – June 7th

I feel as though my weight gain program is going well as I am constantly hungry and obviously without eating more food you’re never going to gain weight. A chest and Leg workout today and I’m probably done for the week……I may go to the gym Sunday for an ab workout but at the moment would say the odds are against it.

Whilst weight gain may have started off well my hip continues to give me grief I may end up taking my doctors recommendation and having x-rays done in the next few weeks to determine the route cause.

Now that I have a bit more time to think about it I have decided that most of the teams at Friday night volleyball appear to be determined by looks, obviously most people are in reasonably good shape to be playing in the first place, but it is noticeable that good looking players tend to form teams and average looking people tend to form teams. I will look around again next week to see if this is just something I noticed or if it is a fact.

Today I went to see Indianna Jones………..it is a good movie although based on how much action is in it the stunt men must have been working overtime.

In sports I watched tennis in the morning and was pleased to see Ivancovic win the French Open, her story is a pretty remarkable one in terms of the background she has come from and it is always good to see people overcoming obstacles in order to fulfil their potential. The big sport event of the day however was the kickoff of Euro 2008……….glorious nation celebration, a month of international soccer ahead…….although sadly England are not one of the participants so I will be cheering for anyone but Germany.

Mood for the day 7 out of 10

Day 227 – June 6th

Today I finally made it out to play for my beach volleyball team and based on early returns it looks as though I am the worst player on the worst team………..more seriously I didn’t think I played too badly and certainly improved as the matches went on however it is fair to say our team was completely over matched during the two matches we played.

My conclusion was that we should just try and get it back over the net at the first possible opportunity, whilst setting and spikes and setting up a good shot may be the way to go for most teams, our team is simply not at a skill level yet to play this way……….we will see what next week will bring.

After the game onto a patio for food and drinks and above all else good conversation, I definitely feel my conversation skills are improving as I get older………I am already looking forward to next week and feel disappointed that I had to miss the first 4 weeks of the season for a variety of reasons.

Mood for the day 8 out of 10